Railway motor car



1,559,831 H. E. WOOLERY I RAILWAY MOTOR CAR original Filed July 24., 1922 2 Shasta-Sheet 1 Jnzienior HEWo'oLERY H. E. WOOLERY RAILWAY MOTOR CAR inal Filed Jill 24. 1922 2 snags-sheave in, the rep air and Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STAT Hormel: WOOIiERY, or ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

MOTOR AB pp wt n lea July- 24, S rial No. 577,216. Renewed Septe benas, 1 9 5,

simple of construction, safe in operation,

andeconomical of manufacture, equippedto carry railway employees with. their tools and repair materials from place to place,

up-keepof lines. of railroad.

Figure 1' is. a perspective view of such a car, equipped and mounted on the. rails.

Figure 2 is. a transverse cross sectional view at a point near the forward end of. thecar. Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross sectional View taken on a line a. a of Fig. 2, and looking in the direction ofthe. arrow, to show principally one of the longitudinal sill members withtruss and truss posts.

.. The car follows generall'y the usual lines of the ordinary section car equipped with an enginefor the propelling power, but has certain. outstanding features which distinguish it as. superior to. cars, in similar, use, which: are briefly stated as. follows; It is provided with a, semi underslung frame, of fairly light yet, quite rigidiconstruction. The two principal longitudinal: sill members completed comprise the timbers 1 preferably made from hard maple one and: one quarter inchesby five and one half inches; steel channel trussmembers (.2), preferably of adimension o-fone and one half inches by three quarters. of-an inch; thetruss posts in e seve al. position s. hown andv as follows.:center truss posts of. gas pipe (-5.), th ne t out r ru s post f t mbe (4), which are preferably of hard. maple i a m n ion fac and. one quar r n hes 0 a d ne. half. nches, an h 1 i bB lso o m: h two cross l o h al." frame; a d e. Out w rus p ts whi h. als.Q.cQ it e. h un ng boxes and, bearings in which the car axles run. The tur i d up o tru s'e ehdsfo the channels (2) are secured to theio uter timber sill members (1) by means, of ordinary boltswith nuts, which bolt, fastenings also serve to secure in positive position,a

piece of gaspipeof suitable dimension, and termed a hand lift (6), which. is fitted: be tween the louter ends of the two outside longitudinal silltimbers (1), as shown in Figure 1. Each end of the car is. fitted with these hand lifts (6), which are alsotermed guards, and are designed to accomplish two things;-first they guard the hands of employe'es when they are moving the-car. from the rails, and secondthey serveasstifieners to hold the car frame in a rigid condition. By being placed about three inches ou t ward. from the two outside cross timbers (17) of the car frame and aboutfthes ame distance from, thej'ton, of said frame-timbers (l7), downward, thehandsofthe employees are more secure from being injured during the operation-"of removingfithei car fromtherails, by this construction it is possible to tilt the; carendwi'se without oru'shingfthehands ofemployees under the ar f am By turningup the ends. of .-the truss-diam nels (2), and securing them to the. beveled ends. of: the sill tinbe'rs. (1), the car may be tilted endwise to a large degreeor the wheels,- may drop into holes during the removal operation," Without injuring employees or making such removal a diflicult or dangerous operation, byreason of. these handguards or stiffeners,

By. using the. bearing blocks. mentioned,

-which; are housed between the sill. timbers (.1) and the channels I, havethe benefit of using them as trusspos'ts. and at the same time I secure a low. center of gravity and a, low car floor,v yet, with ample clearance, which makes. this car convenient and easy tohandle, as well aseasy andisafe tomount. The lower the center of gravity, with adequate clearance,ft he faster thelcar maybe operatedwith. safety An th d ti t v e t t s he s i g of he eel to Pro ide a he l, @1 ra l of for y nc e r n, the wQrs he ax i f i he. c whe l -e 1 Space forty inches from center to 0 nt j iwd a cent r l e 'O -d i ary me te l ar heels. fth -i sual yi bl t only w n y -hes. n diameter. r 5596, be

. of their the car is in motion.

By using a minimum of forty inches for a wheel base and twenty inch wheels I prevent all four wheels from simultaneously speed in the removal of such a car from the track is necessary. This spacing and construction makes for speed in removal when such is needed.

In making up the housing for the engine, I do several things of advantage. I provide rather deep tool trays on each side of the car; the inner sides of the tool trays, being the inner longitudinal sill members of the car, form at the same time partial side guards for the engine and tool tray sides. These are fabricated in the usual way with ordinary bolts with nuts and such screws as may be needed. The housing further consists of a suitable timber bench (14), supported by a timber stringer running lengthwise under each outer edge of the timberbench (14), which supporting stringers (15) are secured to four upright tubular members (12) which are secured to the two end frame timbers (17) preferably by means of ordinary bolts with nuts attached. Extending downward. from the supporting stringers (15) I use steel plates of about one eighth of an inch in thickness and approximately eighteen inches length, which steel plates (16) are screwed to the supporting stringers (15) and to the inner sides of the inside timbers of the tool trays. 'I prefer to make the tool trays the full length of the car and about five and one half inches deep, without guards front or back, except the ends of the trays as shown, so as to permit the carrying of steel rails, timbers or other material of greater length than the length of the car; and also this depth is used for protection of tools from loss by falling from the trays while The floors of the tool trays are laid on top of the two cross sill timbers (4) and at each end rest on angled steel pieces fastened to the inner faces of thetwo end frame members (17). These floors are timber, but other suitable material could be used.

Referring againto the bench (14) of the housing, I prefer to use angled steel pieces (13) welded between the upright tubular supports (12) as the .main supporting members for the timber bench (14), although other material and other methods of fastening or securing such cross supporting members could be used.

All tubular railing and supporting or guard members are of pipe of an approximate diameter of three quarters of an inch. In case of the two front tubular members (12), I bend them outward from the longitudinal center line of the car, carrying them at right angles out to a point which is sufficient to over reach the tool trays on each side of the car, thence upward at right angles a distance of twelve or fourteen inches, then again bend them at right angles toward the longitudinal center line of the car to said center line, at which point I locate a connecting tubular member (18),

welding the end thereof to the front tubular members (12). The opposite end of' this connecting longitudinal tubular member (18) is welded to the rear tubularmembers (12) at the same elevation as at the front end of the car. The rear tubular members (12) with the angled piece of steel (13) are the rear supports for the bench (14) portion of the housing. After carrying these tubular rear members (12) as uprights to the same elevation as the front members (12) where they meet and are welded to the connecting longitudinal tubular member (18) I bend them toward the longitudinal center line of the car, carry them to that line and weld them to said connecting tubular member (18) at that point.

The said tubular members, both (12) and (18), which are disposed upward and out ward from the bench (14) and above and longitudinally with said bench (14) form hand-holds or grips for the employees, or

against which said employees may lean, if

desired. The front portionsof the. tubular members 12) which are extended outward and over the front end of the tool trays are so disposed to form a further guard for employees to prevent them from falling in front of the car while it is in motion.

The timber bench (14) with its tubular supports (12), connection tubular member (18), steel angles (13) and steel housing and guard plates (16) are all so arranged l and fabricated together that they form an independent unit; but at the same time provide lightness of weight with rigidity of construction, means of safet-y to employees in the operation of the car, and by removing of a very few bolts and screws these portions may be removed as a single unit from the car.

Employees are further protected from the car wheels by my use of four crescent shaped wheel guards (11), made from a medium weight of metal and screwed to the outer sides of the two longitudinal sill members (1) at the proper points. I further protect those who may use this car by housing the belt drive. I place the engine a little to the rear of the car and drive from the front axle with a suitable drive pulley and belt, as I contend that greater results are ob tained by placing the power to operate the car by pulling it than could be obtained by locating the engine and drive to apply a pushing power.

The power is derived from one of my own gasolene engines, secured to the regular engine plank or mounting in the usual way, which plank is in turn bolted or otherwise suitably fastened securely to the floor of the car, and resting particularly on the two cross sill members (4:). Any other engine of sufiicient power development may be used.

I claim:

1. In a railway motor car the combina tion with the running parts and car floor and inner and outer longitudinal sill members and front and rear cross frame timbers, of timber and tubular housing members with metal engine guards disposed downward and between said timber housing and the inner longitudinal sill members, said tubular members bolted to the front and rear cross frame timbers.

2. In a railway motor car longitudinal sill timbers provided with beveled ends and stiffened by steel channels contacting said beveled portions, with tubular cross members disposed between the outer ends of the outer longitudinal sill timbers.

3. In a railway motor car the combination with the running parts and car floor, of tubular supports for a timber engine housing and seat bench with steel angles disposed between the upright portions of said tubular supports, which front supports are extended outwardly from the center longitudinal line, thence upward at right angles, thence back to said center line to a center tubular connection with the rear tubular supports for said timber engine housing.

HORACE E. WOOLERY. 

